Gyroball this!

Alrite well I just got back from vacation (a carribbean cruise in which I might have gained 20-30 pounds), and I figured Id touch on some things I read recently (in this blog and not).

1) I didn't see it first hand, but from what I hear (my sources are secret) Dice-K looked impressive against boston college in his first time out. Like I said I didn't see it, but if the clips on youtube about his gyroball are any indication then Im already in love. For those who haven't seen the clips of his supposed gyroball, it essentially moves from left to right (looks like its going to bean the batter) then takes a sharp drop like the bottom fell out. I dont know if he's still throwing this pitch but I wet myself everytime I watch those youtube clips, and I watch them every 5 minutes for hours at a time.

2) I've made no secret about my infatuation with The Artist Formerly Known As Oliver Perez as upside in fantasy baseball is either my success or my downfall from year to year. Ive been known to draft this maddening "pitcher" in the late rounds every year. Ill get sucked in again this year and drop him after 2 weeks. Im that guy. Damnit.

3) I recently read an article aboout how Curt Schilling has been experimenting with a changeup for the last two years and finally feels confident enough to use it regularly. Don't think Pedro Martinez type changeup with this one, Curt's version is more designed to shorten swings and get weak grounders than strikeouts. Either way, I'm intrigued.

4) Recently heard someone talking about Kei Igawa. Now I had heard nothing about the guy but apparently he has zero velocity on his fastball and is just a junkball throwing lefty. Wouldn't that make him Randy Myers for 6 innings? Wouldn't it make sense that by the 3rd trip through the order teams would have him figured out? More importantly, in the second half of the season isn't there a distinct possibility he could have his ass kicked every game since the league would have him surely figured out by then. Great pickup for the yankees I say.

And with that Im off to practice my gyroball.

-Pedro Feliciano The Lefty Specialist.